What do men want? The reality is doubtless too sordid to address. What one gets, instead, are male gift guides. What are those, you ask? They are like holiday gift guides but for men.
To get a sense of what these are, should your village have only recently encountered modernity, here’s a recent example. Men, it is suggested annually, want liquor or better yet liquor accessories. They will also consider coffee paraphernalia. They can receive skincare products, as long as these are men’s moisturizers, or make some reference to the existence of facial hair. (Not to bleach it or wax it or anything, however.) Cooking implements, also acceptable, but they must be manly. Grill-related, or at the very least, meaty.
The reason I highlight this year’s Cupcakes & Cashmere version is because of one item in particular, and it isn’t even the high-end deodorant that is one of the suggestions. No, it’s this:
Fellas is it gay to cook with spices not named after feces? This would seem to be the concern.
The male gift guide is a strange animal. Much like “male model” or “male nurse,” it’s one of those realms where the default is female. A gift guide, unless otherwise specified, is for her.
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